townish
Americanadjective
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of or relating to qualities or features typical of or befitting a town or city.
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(of a person) characterized by the attitudes, opinions, manners, etc., of town or city living.
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Origin of townish
First recorded in 1375–1425, townish is from the late Middle English word townysche. See town, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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"To Pheladelphy, ma'am," said Betsey, looking quite young and gay, and wearing a townish and unfamiliar air that upheld her words.
From A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Jewett, Sarah Orne
What a contrast between her dress and the townish splendour with which Frau Kalzow had decked herself, even several doubtful diamonds were not missing.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
Time was when they had been immensely interesting as types of mankind more or less rural or townish, but to-night he was weary of them, and would very willingly have been alone.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
She was, for the place and post, a complete surprise, being a jaunty, townish, garish woman, dressed in decayed finery.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
As a matter of fact she might have sat to any of those 'black and white' artists, who draw townish young women of London, saying cynical things to young men in the weekly papers.
From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
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